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KARAULI, or KEROWLEE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 677 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KARAULI, or KEROWLEE , a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency. See also:Area, 1242 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 156,786; estimated See also:revenue about £330,000. Almost the entire territory is composed of hills and broken ground, but there are no lofty peaks, the highest having an See also:elevation of less than 1400 ft. above See also:sea-level. The See also:Chambal See also:river flows along the See also:south-See also:east boundary of the state. See also:Iron ore and See also:building See also:stone comprise the See also:mineral resources. The prevailing agricultural products are millets, which See also:form the See also:staple See also:food of the See also:people. The only manufactures consist of a little See also:weaving, See also:dyeing, See also:wood-turning and stone-cutting. The See also:principal imports are piece goods, See also:salt, See also:sugar, See also:cotton, buffaloes and bullocks; the exports See also:rice and goats. The feudal See also:aristocracy of the state consists of Jadu Rajputs connected with the ruling See also:house. They pay a See also:tribute in lieu of See also:constant military service, but in See also:case of emergency or on occasions of state display they are See also:bound to attend on the See also:chief with their retainers. The maharaja is the See also:head of the See also:clan, which claims descent from See also:Krishna.

Maharaja Bhanwar See also:

Pal Deo, who was See also:born in 1862 and succeeded in 1866, was appointed G. C.I.E. in 1897, on the occasion of See also:Queen See also:Victoria's See also:diamond See also:jubilee. The See also:town of KARAULI had a See also:population in 1901 of 23,482. It See also:dates from 1348, and is well situated in a position naturally defended by ravines on the See also:north and east, while it is further protected by a See also:great See also:wall. The See also:palace of the maharaja is a handsome See also:block of buildings dating mainly from the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century.

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